Deletion of 133 amino acids (613-745), removing the H4 heptad repeat.
Does not rescue the zygotic viability of BicDr5/Df(2L)TW119. Cannot rescue the female sterility defect of the hypomorphic BicDr or BicDR26, even when present in two copies. Cannot rescue the germline clone oocyte development phenotype of null BicD alleles.